the u.s. chamber of commerce appears to rely heavily on fund-raising from firms all over the world including china, india, egypt, saudi arabia, brazil, russia and many other places. officials responding in two separate statements to politico.com saying they are independent organizations. they do not fund political programs in the united states. we are careful to be sure we apply with all applicable laws. no foreign money is used to fund political activities. no foreign money from am-ch ams are used. al franken called them to investigate the investigations. the blogger, researcher and author of the report today at think progress joins us now. lee, good evening. >> good evening. >> the idea that the chamber of commerce has some imaginary wall in the bank account separating foreign and domestic money intuitively sounds like that's